A Chicago native, Stockey grew up in Simsbury, Connecticut, and graduated from Ohio University's Honors Tutorial College. He made stops at Fox News and ESPN before starting at WTAE in March 1995.

Stockey considers the shooting deaths of three Pittsburgh police officers in Stanton Heights in April 2009 the most important story he has covered.

His most enjoyable stories include the Steelers' Super Bowl victories in 2006 and 2009, the Penguins' Stanley Cup championship of 2009 and the Pirates' return to the postseason in 2013. In 2001, he covered the Hall of Fame inductions of Lynn Swann in Canton, Ohio, and Bill Mazeroski in Cooperstown, N.Y., on the same weekend.

Stockey is part of the Pittsburgh's Action News team that won best large market newscast from the Pennsylvania Associated Press multiple times. He has won an Emmy Award for a special program about Race For The Cure, as well as Edward R. Murrow and Golden Quill awards for his sports broadcasting. He won 2005 best sportscast and best sports play-by-play from the Pennsylvania Associated Press. He won the AP honor again in 2014.

Andrew recently won the Emmy Award for Best Sportscast by National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 2014.

He serves as a Race For The Cure co-spokesperson with Pittsburgh's Action News anchor Michelle Wright. He's a host/spokesman for Pathways and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and serves as an emcee for a variety of local charitable events and causes. He serves on boards at Chatham University and the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh.

Stockey ran and completed the 2010 Pittsburgh Marathon. He resides in Pittsburgh.

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